861.77 Chinese Eastern/497: Telegram
The Chargé in China (Perkins) to the Secretary of State
1054. Legation’s 1000 [1006], November 19, 3 p.m. Following from Tass Agency, Moscow, November 28:
“The Acting People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs of the U. S. S. R., Mr. Litvinov, has sent the following telegram to General Chang Hsiao-liang:
‘We have received your telegram of 26th instant declaring your full acceptance of the preliminary conditions as communicated in writing on the 22nd instant through Mr. Tsai Yun-sheng, the Diplomatic Commissar at Harbin.
These conditions were as follows:
- 1.
- The official consent of the Chinese side for the restoration of the situation which existed on the Chinese Eastern Railway prior to the conflict on the basis of the Peking-Mukden agreements of 1924.
- 2.
- The immediate reinstatement of the manager and the assistant manager of the railway recommended by the Soviet side in accordance with the Peking-Mukden agreements of 1924.
- 3.
- The immediate release of all Soviet citizens arrested in connection with the conflict.
In accordance with point 2 of the above-mentioned conditions, the Soviet Government recommends the reinstatement of Mr. Emshanov as manager and Mr. Eismont as assistant manager of the railroad, and expects your immediate official confirmation thereof.
As regards points 1 and 3 which have been also accepted by you, the Soviet Government proposes as soon as point 2 has been fulfilled that you send your representative to Habarovsk with official written credentials; and for its part the Soviet Government appoints Mr. Simanovsky, the Soviet agent of the People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs at Habarovsk, for the discussing of the technical questions connected with the carrying out of these points as well as for the settlement of questions concerning the time under [and] the place of the Soviet-Chinese conference.’”
- Telegram in three sections.↩